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Unsuccess
My lust is clumsy
But it's true.
I tried to give it to you
And every time you turned away.
So much for that "love" thing.
Maybe it was words
Hiding in my gut
Swollen from starvation
Even as my heart
Tried to petrify
For its own good.
One night
By candlelight
My lips traced invisible trails
'Round your torso
Disembodied
At both ends.
My eyes met yours
And I saw your soul laughing.
"I'm gonna put my shirt on now."
And I put on my shame.
Went home, dreaming of
Emotional flagellation.
That night has replayed
In my brain
A thousand times over,
As I seek to alter the details
Unsuccessfully.
